The Scarlet Ibis

Nigel Holt

The Scarlet Ibis

Nigel Holt

Setting

Setting- the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. ( The scarlet ibis takes place on a cotton farm in north Carolina.)

Symbolism

Symbolism means attributed to objects or facts. (The bird represents doodle because doodle stayed alive longer than he should just like the bird.)

farm field

(The last graveyard flowers were blooming , and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of the house. ) I chose this one it describes what the climate and the smell of flowers. page 315

doodle dies

(DOODLE ? DOODLE ? " I cried shaking him but there was no answer but the ropy rain) I chose this quote to match the picture of doodles death in the rain.

old and tired scarlet ibis

( At that moment the bird began to flutter but the wings were uncoordinated ) when doodle first was learning how to walk he couldn't and he would drop back to the ground like he handicap. page 321

farm field

(The last graveyard flowers were blooming , and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of the house. ) I chose this one it describes what the climate and the smell of flowers. page 315

doodle dies

(DOODLE ? DOODLE ? " I cried shaking him but there was no answer but the ropy rain) I chose this quote to match the picture of doodles death in the rain.

old and tired scarlet ibis

( At that moment the bird began to flutter but the wings were uncoordinated ) when doodle first was learning how to walk he couldn't and he would drop back to the ground like he handicap. page 321

Forshadowing

The scarlet ibis foreshadows the death of doodle. The bird representative of doodle and its death foreshadows the eventual death of doodle. (be a warning or indication of a future event.)

Characters

doodle, The scarlet ibis and big brother (Character means a person in a novel or play) Quote- ( his skin was sensitive and he had to wear a straw hat when ever he went out) to describe what doodle had to wear outside.